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2010 BU Recruit- Michael Ocherobia

I wonder if going there will help prepare him for major college ball; wish him well and hope he ends up at BU in the future.
 
wily coyote said:
Will he be at the JC one year or two? If he was a non predictor it has to be two I think.
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I am not an expert, but I believe the only athletes that can leave juco without a degree are those who qualified out of high school. So he would probably have to spend 2 years there.
 
PTownHawkeye said:
Maybe I just a pessimist, but I can't figure any scenerio where MO is an instant impact player as a freshman, nor will I believe that he would be the difference between a good and great team. From everything we have heard, he would be a good get, but the number of impact bigs in the mid-major ranks are minimal. At least now we get a chance to see him play. Is is possible that he ends up going somewhere at the high-major level after knocking his competition around for 2 years at JUCO? Sure.

The much more likely scenerio is he gets to hone his skills in the US, is a solid inside player, and will hopefully have loyalty to BU. Then hopefully he will come in as an impact JUCO in 2 years...because unlike under the radar freshmen, we have a history of finding JUCO players who can be an instant impact players for Bradley.
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Mo is a bit different then a typical Freshmen in that he is a bit older and already has the physical body to pound out punishment. Most Freshmen bigs cannot contribute due to their physical maturity not their skills.
 
Losing MO will have NO bearing on this season. We will still be good! We will finish in the top 3 in the MVC! And, we will be Dancin' come March! :)
 
Braves4Life said:
Losing MO will have NO bearing on this season. We will still be good! We will finish in the top 3 in the MVC! And, we will be Dancin' come March! :)
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That is either sarcasm or I totally disagree. I am not saying he would be stupendous. I just think he is exactly the type of player we needed. Walter Lemon may be a better player. But MO was what this team lacked- inside defense and rebounding. I think it is a huge difference in what I expect from the team now.
 
lake Camelot said:
That is either sarcasm or I totally disagree. I am not saying he would be stupendous. I just think he is exactly the type of player we needed. Walter Lemon may be a better player. But MO was what this team lacked- inside defense and rebounding. I think it is a huge difference in what I expect from the team now.
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I fall some where in between you and B4L. I believe Mo could of given this team the inside presence defensively we have been lacking. It will now be up to the ones we have to see if they can make a difference. Can JP and AT step up to the plate and deliver the presence. We pretty much know what we have with WE and I expect more from him after one more year removed from his knee surgery but unless he gained 20 lbs I still cannot see him as a inside enforcer. We also need him to stay out of foul trouble because he does offer the team a valuable asset on the offensive side.
 
SFP said:
Mo is a bit different then a typical Freshmen in that he is a bit older and already has the physical body to pound out punishment. Most Freshmen bigs cannot contribute due to their physical maturity not their skills.
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I agree 100% with your statement, too many people continue to think that A.T. is going to be some miracle player all of a sudden when I just don"t see it happening because he is not a tough or aggressive type player which leaves us with Will and Jordan, hopefully jordan can contribute like we were told he could when they signed him a year ago.
 
The head coach at Highland is Zac Roman, and the assistant is Devan Bawinkel
Long, long time head coach Pete Norman retired in 2009 and assistant Ronnie Dean coached
on an interim basis last year so Zac Roman is new this season...
http://www.highland.edu/news_events/announcements.asp?newsid=636

D'Mitri Riggs is a soph there and it's the juco Angelo Flanders attended

Highland is the 2nd winningest juco program in the nation behind Chipola over the past 5 years (153-22)
 
Darn the NCAA for conspiring against BU- oh wait... DR said he didn't meet academic requirements at Bradley...

Well never mind- I am sure the NCAA had something to do with this....

:)
 
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here's an article from the Freeport newspaper..and even mentions Ochereobia as far back as more than two weeks ago...
(spelling his name correctly..)
That's about the time that we knew Ochereobia signed...and we've been talking about him going to Highland for the past week...

but note that the story mentions another kid going to Highland, a 6-4 wing player out of Dallas, TX...
http://www.journalstandard.com/sports/college/x4598708/Bawinkel-back-as-assistant-coach
 
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mexicobufan said:
I must be missing part of the story? Does he mention still coming to BU after JC and will he need to be there two years?
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He will need to graduate with a degree in order to be eligible to go to a D1 school. That probably means 2 years at juco. Nothing has been said about him coming to BU then. Any commitment now is meaningless as we saw with the Xavier Crawford and John Wilkins situations.
 
There are examples of kids who go to juco and keep their commitment to BU but somehow nobody ever remembers those kids ..:roll:
 
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